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The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?

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As outlined in other chapters of this book, the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness remain a major burden on people with mental illness, their families, and society. Reducing the stigma and increasing the empowerment and well-being of people with mental illness should therefore be a priority for health services and society in general. In order to achieve these goals, effective anti-stigma strategies and interventions are needed. In this chapter, we will discuss strategies to tackle three types of stigma: public stigma, self-stigma, and structural discrimination. Briefly, public stigma refers to members of the general public endorsing negative stereotypes and discriminating against people with mental illness (Corrigan 2005; Rüsch et al. 2005; Thornicroft 2006); self-stigma occurs if people with mental illness internalize negative stereotypes, leading to diminished self-esteem, self-efficacy, and demoralization (Corrigan et al. 2009); and structural discrimination implies rules and regulations in society that intentionally or unintentionally disadvantage stigmatized individuals (Hatzenbuehler and Link 2014); see Chap. 3 for further details. This chapter is based on recent original articles, systematic reviews cited in the relevant sections, as well as previous narrative reviews (Rüsch et al. 2011; Rüsch and Corrigan 2012; Thornicroft et al. 2015).

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Rüsch, N., Xu, Z. (2017). Strategies to Reduce Mental Illness Stigma. In: Gaebel, W., Rössler, W., Sartorius, N. (eds) The Stigma of Mental Illness - End of the Story?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27839-1_24

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